open call creart 3.0 artist residency program in lublin 2026
Know before you apply
- Artists linked to CreArt network cities
- Artists working in public space
- Artists comfortable collaborating with another artist
- Must prove link to CreArt city
- Two artists develop one joint work
- EUR 800 grant, 20% tax for foreigners
As part of the CreArt 3.0 project, the City of Lublin and Warsztaty Kultury invite applications for an artist residency for two individuals: one from Lublin and one from a partner city within the CreArt network. Participating artists will receive support from a curator and a coordinator, who will supervise and assist with the creative process. The residency will culminate on November 27 with a public presentation of the work.
The starting point for the residency is an existing object - a movable globe with a diameter of 1.5 meters, originally created for the "Planet Lublin" installation, which was exhibited in the center of Lublin several years ago. Designed and built for a specific public space project, the object now serves as material for a new artistic undertaking.
We invite two artists to participate in the residency; their task will be to collaboratively develop a project that takes the existing globe - its form, scale, structure, function, previous use, or history - as its point of reference.
We do not prescribe how artists should approach the object. The globe may be treated as a substrate, a medium, an element of a larger concept, or a ready-made object incorporated into a new work. Approaches ranging from altering its surface and transforming its original character to changing its existing form and function without fundamental modification are all possible. What matters is that the proposed work stems from an artistic engagement with the object as found.
The form and execution technique remain open, subject to the globe's technical properties and the conditions of its subsequent public display. As the object is movable and rotatable, any interventions directly on its surface must take into account the fact that it will be touched and handled. Solutions involving additional structural elements will require approval during the project preparation stage.
The residency entails a collaborative working process between two artists. We do not expect two independent works placed on a single object, but rather a concept developed jointly, while preserving the autonomy of each artist's practice.
The outcome of the residency will be a new artwork using the existing globe, to be presented in the public space of Lublin.